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Does anyone know if I wanted to improve hardiness if I should pollenate Vitifolia (or any other non-hardy kind) with pollen from incarnata (or a hardy type) or am I better off pollenating incarnata with the non-hardy type.
Does anyone know if there is a stronger chance of transferring hardiness through the pollen or through the ovary? I'm pretty bored I guess and I want to see if I can get offspring with improved hardiness. ~Chills |
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I planted seed from vitifloria polinated with caerulea (Constance Elliot). I only kept one plant from the seedlings. It is 3 years old and has yet to bloom. I have a root sucker that came up from where I had the pot sitting last year. It survived a mild winter in the ground. It is growing strongly but if it does not bloom soon they both are going into compost pile. Patsy |
- Posted by Passionflow 8b (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 05 at 15:34
A very good question. I don't think anyone knows whether the male or female gives the dominant input re hardiness. It is extremely difficult to tell also as a number of hybrid crosses do not make it clear which is the female. Re vitifolia only one cross of vitifolia x caerulea has ever been named- Passiflora Michael. This cross is notorius for never flowering..so after 3 years scrap it. Also incarnata is a very poor parent for hardy hybrids as its offspring tend to die back to the ground..and not reappear! Myles |
Is that using incarnata as the pollen or ovary parent? Isn't incense an offspring of incarnata? ~Chills |
- Posted by Passionflow 8b (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 05 at 16:58
incarnata is no good either way..for uk-I should have made that clear, and indeed incense does tend not to reappear and is prone to sudden die back. Incarnata is very cold hardy but only if the ground is very dry. Many people do hybrids with it-but for outdoor growing in uk as a species or hybrid it is no good. Also very prone to mildew as are its offspring. |
Hi Chills, 'Incense' is a cross of P. incarnata x P. cinncinata. I have one about to start flowering any day now. It did survive outdoors last winter just fine, although it was relatively mild (minimum around 8 degrees F). Most F1 hybrids with incarnata are not very hardy, so you would probably need to backcross to incarnata to select for full hardiness. Usually, interspecific crosses only work one way, so you really don't have much choice as to which species is used as the seed parent. Concerning the hardiness of incarnata in Europe, I'm not convinced that cold, wet soil is the culprit. I don't dispute the fact that incarnata does not survive well in Europe with wet soils, but it survives here (eastern US) just fine in wet, cold soils. It would seem that there must be some other factor that kills incarnata in Europe in the presence of wet soils. Maybe some pathogen? |
- Posted by Passionflow 8b (My Page) on Wed, Aug 3, 05 at 2:18
Probably not a pathogen. The wrong type of soil I think. The soil here has a lot of clay a couple of feet down and incarnata likes to go down to 3 foot underground to hide over winter- so even if your soil appears wet at the top possibly a lot drier down there. It can't get through the clay is my guess. |
I frequently see them wild in areas with heavy clay soils, so I'm not sure that would be an issue. Since they go that deep, maybe its soil temperature related? The mean annual temperature in the native range of incarnata may be significantly higher than in northern Europe. At a depth of 3 feet, our soil will likely be near the mean temperature of 57 degrees F (~14 degrees C) year round. Maybe they can seek refuge from the cold by going deep? |
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Most people know that Chinese consumers are growing richer. But Dick Drossler knows that they have also been purchasing more artwork.
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Investigators believe a Christmas tree is to blame for the raging fire that killed six people and destroyed an Annapolis-area mansion last week, the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team has learned.
Fire officials have scheduled a press briefing for Wednesday afternoon.
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Investigators started excavating the ruins on Jan. 21 of an Annapolis-area mansion that burned to the ground. The Pyles and their four grandchildren missing since the blaze are all believed to be accounted for, fire officials announced Monday afternoon.
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Thanks to a better balance of strength, flexibility, and enhanced range of motion in my hips, glutes, and legs, I was back to running. I've continued to build my runs by choosing the proper shoes and slowly easing into new goals. No pushing through pain, just using the brain. So, why run? Everyone knows it's an outstanding way to get your cardio in. Many use running to improve speed and endurance. Millions of folks use it to lose or maintain body weight. But what about those traditionally employing weight training over all other means of training? Doesn't running destroy your gains? Not if it's done properly. Going too deep into a calorie deficit is a valid concern for these folks (fear of a catabolic state). However, being smart about incorporating a running routine into your resistance schedule could help cut a little fat without sacrificing gains. The summer is upon us and many weight lifters are shifting from bulking to cutting phases. Running is a great way to trim some fat while continuing to each in a sufficient (not excessive) caloric surplus and maintain or gain lean muscle mass while trimming fat. The goal is to balance your calorie expenditure with your intake. For instance, if I run 2.5 miles and burn 300 calories, I will account for those calories when tracking my food for the day. I have a goal of maintaining 2200 net calories a day for maintenance and 2500 net calories a day for lean gains. When running, if my focus is maintenance, I'll consume 2500 calories to offset my run (2200+300=2500). If my goal is lean muscle gains, I'll consume 2800 calories to offset my run (2500+300=2800). It's that simple. If my goal is to cut, I'll eat my 2200 calories and not add additional food to offset my run (2200-300=1900). This creates a period of calorie deficit to trigger brief weight loss. This approach gives me a window of 2200-2800 calories to experiment with. I slowly adjust my calories 200 every week or two to ease my metabolism inot gear and monitor how effective my balance is to meeting my goal. Remember, weight doesn't necessarily equate to muscle mass, don't freak out because the scale drops. Losing fat = losing weight unless you counter with muscle gains and you won't gain muscle mass as fast as you can lose fat. If you do, congratulations, you are a physical anomaly. Let's take a moment to address reality. The reality of the situation is that you should expect to look thinner if you successfully run a deficit. After all, you are losing that padding across your entire body, not just in one area (waist, thighs, butt, etc.). If you are paranoid about losing a little weight, don't run a deficit. You also need to keep your protein intake between 30-40% of your daily macros if you want to sustain or gain lean muscle mass during the cut. Patience is key, take your time making adjustments, and enjoy a new period of training. As for the running schedule, I recommend running 2-4 days per week, with appropriate breaks between running days. This gives your joints a break and allows your legs to recover properly. Also, avoid stacking a leg day between running days, your knees will thank you. As for pace, take the first mile easy and ease into your run. Think about keeping your feet under and behind you. Leading too predominantly with your heels creates a breaking effect that slows your run and increases impact on heel strike. And never take for granted having your shoes prescribed for you at a real running store. There is a huge benefit to having an assessment completed and the proper shoe prescribed. Lastly, have fun with it! I highly endorse using a smart phone app like Nike+ Running to track your routes, pace, and progress. Using apps is also a great way to create friendly competition between friends which can be a significant motivator. Above all, remember, no excuses, just results. Keep Pushing!!! Ok folks, let's do this. Let's talk about the PROPER way to eat when trying to lose weight. This is a subject that I get pretty passionate about because it's simple, effective, and impactful while also being generally misunderstood and bastardized by so many "fitness" organizations/corporations out there. Dieting is a mess. Half the nutrition plans I've seen out there are a mess. Let's sift through the junk to find the truth. Quick disclaimer: I'm not a licensed dietitian or nutritionist, I'm a certified personal trainer. Please consult a dietitian or nutritionist to confirm any of the following information or develop a detailed nutrition plan. Rule #1: If the plan doesn't address the number of calories you are consuming daily, keep moving. The science behind weight loss and gain is relatively simple: running a healthy calorie deficit leads to weight loss & running a healthy calorie surplus leads to weight gain. It's that easy. No tricks, no gimmicks. Ready for your first quiz? Good! How many calories are you supposed to be eating? If you don't know the answer immediately, you don't know the answer at all. You need to calculate your daily caloric need to find a good starting point for your nutrition. Then you need to run a 500+ calorie deficit to lose weight. Tracking your food every day so that you eat the proper number of calories a day and maintain the proper balance of carbs, proteins, and fats is essential. Consistency is king. I recommend doing this every day. The American Counsel on Exercise has a great complement of fitness calculators to help you self-assess (use the Daily Caloric Needs Calculator): https://www.acefitness.org/acefit/tools-and-calculators/ What's the recommended bare minimum of calories? For the ladies losing weight: 1200 + how much you burn working out = minimum daily caloric intake. For the fellas losing weight: 1800 + how much you burn working out = minimum caloric intake. Send me a message if you aren't happy with the number you see. :) I normally recommend a 50% carb, 30% protein, 20% fat balance. I use MyFitnessPal to track my calories. Rule #2: If the plan endorses living off of less than 1200 calories per day for a woman or 1800 for a man, look somewhere else. These two calorie goals are critical to this discussion. If you are a female living off of less than 1200 calories per day (after you've already accounted for work outs) you are putting your health at risk. And don't even think about justifying an argument against this. If you are a woman and you are living on less than 1200 calories you are negatively impacting your hormone levels, increasing your chances for osteoporosis, creating mood imbalance (anyone who has eaten too little knows what I'm talking about here: attitude), and may lose weight but in an unhealthy, unsustainable fashion. Oh, and you are slowing your metabolism. Congratulations: you are experiencing the negative health benefits of malnutrition. Rule #3: Guys, you won't gain lean muscle unless you eat properly. If you want to add some lean muscle you need to eat 300-500 more calories per day than your calculated caloric need. For instance my maintenance calorie intake is roughly 2100. Right now I'm eating 2400 calories a day and I work out for 30-60 minutes per day and I've gained 3 lbs in 2 months (8 weeks). I'm not gaining body fat, but I'm adding lean muscle gains. Addiing another 200-400 lean calories and changing my training modality would support larger gains. In fact, I ate 3200 calories a day during a bulking phase last year. By the way, I'm 5'8", not 6'3". Don't be afraid to eat clean calories fellas if you are trying to live large. Rule #4: This is simply my opinion but...I believe supplements should be limited to only the essentials. I won't get into a debate here about whether a multivitamin is effective or not, whether a pre-workout is necessary, or whether creatine (pick your form) is crucial to performance gains. But I will say this: I get my vitamins through a balanced diet, I get my pre-workout from a cup of coffee 30 minutes before my workout, and I stopped taking creatine when I realized it was causing me headaches (yes, I was properly hydrated). I believe in using a protein supplement to increase protein intake (I prefer Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey). I also drink Shakeology every morning for breakfast because it is the most appetizing all-natural shake I've tried. And I tried quite a bit before dedicating myself to Shakeology. I simply don't get enough vegetables in my diet and I like the quick mix-and-go benefits of a health shake for breakfast. That's it. If you want to dump all your money on chemicals go for it but I bet you will find the same results are possible without adding manufactured "stuff" to your diet. Rule #5: If you want to train like an athlete, you must eat like one. This goes for the ladies and the gentlemen alike! Training while malnourished increases risk of injury, prevents lean muscle gains, prevents proper weight loss, and defeats the purpose of exercise (which is to increase health). Do the right thing: EAT HEALTHY FOOD! If you want more information or support, please consider joining the Team Push-Pull Challenge Group on Facebook. We are proud to announce our first Challenge Group of 2014! What is a Challenge Group? Well, it's a private Facebook group moderated by yours truly for the purpose of helping you succeed with an exercise program. Every day I will post motivation, accountability, & program information to help you stay consistent & get the most out of your T25 journey. If you have tried home fitness programs before but found accountability, motivation, & consistency lacking, THIS IS FOR YOU! By taking part in our Challenge Group, you will have the undivided attention of me and your group mates for the entire 10 week journey. You will have support from others experiencing the same daily challenges & build confidence through the strength of teamwork. Of course, you will need the program to participate & right now there are two great ways to acquire the program and get into our group. Option 1 - T25 Challenge Pack This is how 3 of my last Challenge Group members managed to lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks: using the Challenge Pack & staying consistent. That's it! To sweeten the deal, Beachbody has reduced the price of the T25 Challenge Pack for the month of January. This is by far the most effective way to maximize weight loss with this program & it saves you $90 on the first month's supply of Shakeology. Shakeology is an all-natural, low calorie super food meal replacement shake. I use it everyday for breakfast & highly recommend it to people that are serious about buying the best product in the meal replacement industry. By saving $90 on your Shakeology you nearly get the DVD set free! If you don't like the Shakeology, just send it back within 30 days and Beachbody will fully refund the cost of the bag. Seriously, what do you have to lose? Option 2 - T25 DVD Set Use the Focus T25 link located on the Programs Page of this site. Select me as your coach during check out, wait for your program to arrive, & get ready to make some major goals a reality! Joining our group is easy: 1) Make me your Beachbody Coach by purchasing a Focus T25 Challenge Pack or DVD set through my Programs page link & selecting me as your coach during checkout 2) Log into Facebook & search for "Focus in 14' T25 Challenge Group" 3) Request group membership 4) Put on your game face & commit to 10 weeks of hard work! 5) Log in daily to review group posts, log your workouts, & have fun! If you have difficulty finding the Challenge Group on Facebook, simply search for Team Push-Pull and request membership through our FB home page. Don't wait until the Spring to start working towards your fitness goals folks, you could be on round 2 or 3 of T25 by then! That's just the reality of the situation. Please join us, time is short & spaces are going quickly! Everyone knows the deal by now...every new year spawns old resolutions. We start having that talk with ourselves, "I want to lose weight by summer", "I want to gain lean muscle", "I want to get rid of this fat (name your bodily location of choice)". Then the motivation peaks and the gyms get packed but by March 1st you are back to the same old. It's depressing and frustrating but it's not happening again. NOT THIS YEAR! Team Push-Pull is going Full Throttle in '14. No excuses, no interferences, no more "next year" talk! No gym membership costs, traffic jams, or waiting in line for equipment. In fact, NO 1-2 HOUR WORKOUTS REQUIRED. No treadmills, elliptical machines, stationary bikes or public fitness classes required. Give us 30 minutes, eat better, log your workouts daily, and you WILL succeed! What can only 30 minutes and clean eating do for you? Well, several of our Team members recently completed Focus T25 and lost weight BIG TIME! I won't broadcast their names here but one member lost 20 lbs, another 17 pounds, and another lost 15 pounds in ONE round of T25! They ate better and nailed their 25 minute workouts 5 days a week. That's it! Those are legit results without any gimmicks, contracts, or hassles. They literally worked out for 25 minutes 5 days a week, logged their workouts in our Facebook Challenge groups, held each other accountable, and got results. Done deal. I am so proud of them. I can't begin to describe how happy I am that they found something that they actually enjoyed doing. They are doing what seemed impossible at first, they are making their longtime goals a reality. They are living healthier, more productive, more satisfying lives and I'm thrilled for them. They have inspired me to stay in this fitness coaching business and continue the fight to end the obesity epidemic in this country. Here's what you need to do: 1) COMMIT to just 3 months of consistent fitness with either T25 or P90X3 2) COMMIT to just 3 months of better nutrition (eating better, cleaner, not annoying dieting) 3) Request FREE membership in our Facebook Challenge Group and log daily workouts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeamPushPullChallengeGroup/ You can find links to the T25 and P90X3 programs on our Programs page here: Join us and finally get where you've been wanting to be for years now. 30 minutes a day and you are DONE! No excuses, just results! KEEP PUSHING!!! -Coach Lucas- I'm very excited to announce the release of the most versatile P90X program to date: P90X3. What's so desirable about this program? Quite a bit actually! Never done P90X or P90X2? That's fine, P90X3 is a stand-alone program! You can literally start your fitness journey with P90X3. In fact, after researching P90X3, I feel this version of the program may be the most versatile, user-friendly of the series, and requires only 30 minutes per workout. I'm not in the business of boring you with tons of sales jargon but I want you to see what an extraordinary home fitness program P90X3 is. P90X3 is more versatile than most home workout programs (even the original P90X) and includes plyometrics, pilates, yoga, mixed martial arts-based cardio, core work, traditional resistance exercises, & more in one program. Sounds fancy but what it all comes down to is a well-balanced program that targets all aspects of fitness to include core strength, cardiovascular health, strength, lean muscle mass building, flexibility, & nutrition. If you are fan of Beachbody's programs like I am, you may consider P90X3 to build your own hybrid program. I plan to mix P90X3, P90X2, and T25 programs into a supercharged fat shredder while continuing to build lean muscle mass. Overall, I want to be as healthy as possible and P90X3 adds additional tools to a well-rounded workout toolbox. So, what do you get with the Base Kit at a cost of $119.85 + shipping and handling (cue the cheesy voice over)?
P90X3 comes in several different packages but I only recommend the Base Kit or Challenge Pack (includes Shakeology at discount) options for traditional users. Why not choose a Deluxe Package from the start? Well, to be honest, you only add 3 more workouts for an additional $89. That's a bit much...I recommend completing the Base Program in its entirety, then if you are really wanting more, you can consider the 3 additional workouts. Just my 2 cents. If you are interested, you can get P90X3 here: P90X3 BASE KIT ($119.85 + Shipping & Handling): http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/X3Base?referringRepId=275453 P90X3 CHALLENGE PACK($180 for December 2013 only, Regularly $205 + shipping & handling): http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/BCPX3205?referringRepId=275453 As always, feel free to ask questions or seek additional info through our Facebook page and Keep Pushing!!! And 2 favors that I ask: 1) If you like the hard work I put into my blogs and videos, PLEASE help me out by sharing them. Click the share links below them and share them on FB, twitter, etc. It really helps me get more exposure and grow Team Push-Pull! 2) Also, remember that the way I benefit from being your coach is that I earn a commission from any Beachbody products that you purchase, as long as you buy them through my site,http://www.teampush-pull.com, or by logging in to http://www.beachbodycoach.com/LUCAS-MARINO to do your shopping (If you buy from the plain beachbody site I get no credit). It helps with the amount of time I spend answering questions and helping people. Thank you! I really appreciate it! Happy Thanksgiving Week! Why is it that we immediately cringe and go on the defensive when we consider our actions during holiday breaks?! We should embrace the relaxation and fun! I look forward to eating all of that awesome food and having drinks with the family! Being active and consistently hitting workouts gives you FREEDOM to smile through these times! It's an incredible gift to not feel guilty or resentful for such special times. Get out there and push a little harder during this week's workouts so you don't lose ground on your gains. If you aren't currently taking part in a fitness program, consider starting this week as part of being thankful for your health! I can help you find a program if you'd like, just get moving! Complaining about how much weight you put on during the holiday feast isn't going to improve anything but selecting a fitness regimen, consistently pushing "GO!!!" every day, and working toward your fitness goals will get things done. Don't settle for ordinary. Don't listen to the naysayers. Get motivated, take care of business, and join us in the fight to end the obesity trend in this country! Happy Thanksgiving TEAM!!!! We've all had it happen. We find a workout program, activity, or sport that we fall in love with and commit ourselves to consistently when...BAM...you sustain an injury. Should you work through it? Should you take time off to recover? Should you workout other body parts or should you give up for the next few weeks until the injury is healed? These are all common, and vaild, questions when injuries hamper your fitness goals. I'll start by stating the obvious: not every problem has one solution. With that said, there are some things that must be considered before you can move forward. 1. Is the injury severe enough to require medical attention? You are your body's best injury detection meter and you should pay very close attention to the nature, severity, frequency, and volume of discomfort or pain associated with an injury. I'm not a doctor by any stretch of the imagination. Go see a doctor even if you aren't sure whether you require medical advice. Safety first! 2. Once cleared by a doctor, you can consider working around the injury if it won't cause undue strain or potential injury. The last thing you want to do is overload or imbalance another body part and cause further injury. When working around the injury, you may not be able to handle the same resistance (load) that you normally use. For example, you may injure your right knee and decide that you can still do tricep extensions. Just don't stop listening to that injured knee. While you are adding weight to your triceps for the purpose of resistance, you may also transfer additional weight to your legs (gravity sucks sometimes) and cause discomfort. You may choose to avoid this potential loading of your injured leg by doing the exercise on one leg (be very careful here) or by doing the exercise in a seated position (safer option). I am a big fan of adaptation but never sacrifice form or safety for the sake of a quick rep. 3. You can alter your fitness goals to accommodate your recovery restrictions. For example, if you have a case of tendinitis in your wrist, elbow, or shoulder, focus your workouts on legs, core, cardio, circuit training, and tighter nutrition for a week or two. Establish new goals to challenge you during the recovery period and see what you can accomplish! Changing things up keeps workouts interesting, challenges your body in new ways, improves your overall health, and keeps your joints smiling. Need some detailed advice on altering goals? Ask your doctor or a certified Personal Trainer (you can hire me if you are in the Williamsburg, VA area :). In cases of mild discomfort, you can try simple changes such as different hand/foot positions, decreasing load (either repetitions or weight), or changing specific exercise types. For example, if your back is bothering you during squats don't do them! Change things up and do lunges or seated leg presses with light weight, ride a stationary bike (I'm a big fan), or skip legs for a day and substitute another body part, then come back to legs later in the week. 4. What if your injury is bad? As long as your doctor clears you for activity, you need to take your time and be careful. For example, if you broke your right arm, you may be cleared to exercise your left arm with dumbbells or resistance bands. You won't be doing chin ups or using an e-z bar any time soon. You need to pace yourself and accept the fact that your recovery is priority #1. On the flip side, if you have a significant injury or medical procedure, you may not be cleared to do ANY workouts for quite some time and that restriction should be taken very seriously. In these cases, I immediately recommend using your nutrition to sustain your fitness goals. Make sure you are tracking every ounce of food that you eat, nail your macros, and adapt your calorie goals to compensate for your change in activity level. Don't think this works? Go ask a pro athlete how important their nutrition is to their physique or results. As you can see, there is no single solution to injury work. If you take anything from this blog let it be that your doctor must clear you for activity, you need to avoid using an injured body part, and adaptation can be your best friend. Injuries will happen, that is a promise, but we don't have to give up our fitness goals or use injury as an excuse to not maintain a healthy lifestyle. Injuries are a legitimate opportunity for a rest week so don't be afraid to take a few days off. Use your brain, avoid injury, and keep pushing! -Coach Lucas- And 2 favors that I ask: 1) If you like the hard work I put into my blogs and videos, PLEASE help me out by sharing them. Click the share links below them and share them on FB, twitter, etc. It really helps me get more exposure and grow Team Push-Pull! 2) Also, remember that the way I benefit from being your coach is that I earn a commission from any Beachbody products that you purchase, as long as you buy them through my site,http://www.teampush-pull.com, or by logging in to http://www.beachbodycoach.com/LUCAS-MARINO to do your shopping (If you buy from the plain beachbody site I get no credit). It helps with the amount of time I spend answering questions and helping people. Thank you! I really appreciate it! I wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me how to get the best results with a workout program. My answer is always the same. The formula for success is simple folks: Consistent Nutrition + Consistent Workouts + Consistent Support = RESULTS!!! (note: the common factor here is the word "consistent") Just think about it, do pro athletes eat properly and workout every once in a while and win multi-million dollar contracts? No way! Do marathon runners run every once in a while and win the race? No! Do people stay healthy for life by only doing fly-by-night diets? Not at all! The reality of fitness is that it requires consistent choices and dedication. The vast majority of people become motivated at some point to start working out, but then the crippling excuses start. They often sound like the following (followed by my honest reaction): - I don't have time (hmmm...don't have 25 minutes a day? How much TV did you watch?) - I can't change my diet (don't confuse "can't" with "am not willing to") - Eating healthy is expensive (I saved money when I began eating better. Processed foods are actually more expensive. Oh, and your medical bills will cost a lot one day too.) - Those workouts don't really work (did the laws of nature suddenly change? Last time I checked, increasing your activity burns more calories. Maybe it's not the program, but the amount of effort being applied) - I have injuries (so do I! How about healing and strengthening your body so you don't suffer injury as often!) - My spouse doesn't support me working out (That's horrible! How can they love you and not want you healthy?) - My genetics make me fat/skinny(your genetics may make you more susceptible to gaining weight but let's be honest, they don't prevent your body from getting better through good habits. Really. Let's be honest) - I don't like working out (Ok. Understood. Then don't expect too much change.) - I don't like healthy food (You don't like chicken, fruit, turkey, nuts, lean beef, salad, soups, shakes? Ok....) So these reactions may seem a little harsh but they are absolutely reality. Really. No matter what's happened in your past, how you've lived, how you've loved, who you've married, how many kids you have, what your parents did or didn't do for you, what your education level is, etc....you can improve your health! You can gain or lose weight! You can do WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO!!! It's all about the WANT, followed immediately by the DO. That's where consistency comes in. You want to get fit? Get fit consistently. Do your workouts every day. Eat clean and track your calories every day. Realize that you get out of a life what you put into it! Some people have it harder than others. That will always be true. But the successful people push harder than the ordinary. And that will always be true as well. Even the successful people that have cheated or taken shortcuts have worked hard to do so (any famous cyclists, baseball players, or pro weightlifters come to mind?). In the end, those shortcuts are revealed and become that person's legacy, not their hard work. There are no worthy shortcuts. Be consistently awesome and results will come. Guaranteed. Give the realistic level of effort and time and you will succeed. Do you need to be weird about it? No! I treat myself to a treat meal (not treat day) once a week. I actually work harder during the week so I can earn that few pieces of pizza and not worry about it. The very minute that meal is over, I'm locked on for another week. Some people can't do that without going overboard. Knowing that about yourself is very important. Don't blow it if you can't exercise self-control. in closing, here are tools for being consistent and getting results: Nutrition (track food in MyFitnessPal & Shakeology) + Exercise (Pick your program!) + Support/Motivation (join our FREE Facebook Challenge Group for daily accountability = RESULTS The ball is in your court, folks. I look forward to seeing you in the Facebook Team Push-Pull Challenge Group. Let's get serious about our health and get consistent! And 2 favors that I ask: 1) If you like the hard work I put into my blogs and videos, PLEASE help me out by sharing them. Click the share links below them and share them on FB, twitter, etc. It really helps me get more exposure and grow Team Push-Pull! 2) Also, the way I benefit from being your coach is that I earn a commission from any Beachbody products that you purchase, as long as you buy them through my site,http://www.teampush-pull.com, or by logging in to http://www.beachbodycoach.com/LUCAS-MARINO to do your shopping (If you buy from the plain beachbody site I get no credit). It helps with the amount of time I spend answering questions and helping people. Thank you! I really appreciate it! |


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CrossFit 4U declares itself a CrossFit boutique, in which students of all fitness levels can explore functional movements with personalized attention in an upscale training space. Within the brightly lit studio flecked by vibrant fitness equipment, the passionate instructors push clients through exercises that draw from actions relevant to real life.
The strenuous workouts prime bodies for everyday activities such as climbing stairs, yard work, and lifting heavy objects, such as newborn rhinos. Patrons hoist brightly colored weights and toss medicine balls, and they stimulate major muscle groups with pushups and squats. Each class introduces a new Workout of the Day, which burns calories and swells strength levels at an intense but scalable pace. To supplement CrossFit choreography, staff members also dispense nutrition tips for more wholesome eating plans to enhance workout results.
The inspiring trainers at each MetaBody location lead troops of workouteers in results-oriented workouts several times weekly. Sweat sessions utilize a variety of exercises and disciplines to produce full-body results in a supportive environment, ideal for beginners and hard-core core-hardeners alike. During any class, motivational instructors will use the instinctual distrust of routine to their advantage. Begin a day of litigating with a refreshing early-morning boot-camp session, or wind down by burning evidence and pounds with a late-evening yoga class. Muscles are kept guessing with new and challenging moves during each session, so participants never fall into a boring, ineffective routine, such as regular teeth brushing. In addition to the fitness classes, students receive a success guide to help prepare for imminent pound loss, a nutrition guide, and a $100 gift certificate for individual coaching. Because the pass sets a 5 or 10-class cap at any given location, roving fitness mavens can further shake up their workout regimens by vetting a series of classes or instructors that work best for them.
With its shades open, Revo Entertainment Center looks like a typical indoor field. With its shades drawn, though, its true colors show. Its true glow-in-the-dark colors, to be exact.
The fun center's 3D murals give off an ethereal light that alludes to the spot's specialty: glow-in-the-dark games, that come to life with the help of 3D glasses. During Glow Soccer, youngsters play a game similar to traditional soccer, except in the dark, the field lit by each team's glow shirts and the ball itself. LazerBall, on the other hand, fuses paintball and laser tag into a single, cosmically-themed sport in which players shoot soft pellets and laser light at each other in a battle over the fictional Planet Revo. Though similar to paintball pellets, the LazerBalls do not explode upon impact and won't stain clothes or ruin any priceless artworks used as shields. For littler laser warriors, the center also offers an age-appropriate version of the game known as Lazerball Soft, which uses extra soft spongy balls that are gentle on tiny torsos and limbs.
They call it the box instead of a gym or health club because there are no mirrors, no caf?s, no hoopla. Once in the box, the only thing to focus on is the workout. That consists of a series of intense exercises that employ everyday movements such as pushing, pulling, and lifting. By using functional motions, clients boost their mobility, speed, and power, enhancing their daily, sports, recreational, and work activities. PowerBox CrossFit?s system sculpts muscles throughout the body, and to ensure optimal health and wellbeing, its onsite nutrition specialist advises individuals in proper dieting.
A dull thud shakes the padded floor as Ronny Lindsay drops a barbell after demonstrating squat thrusters to his student. All around him trainers bellow motivation, and the air is damp with the sweat of men and women of all ages powering through the workout of the day. This scenario plays out daily for Bruno and his team of trainers, each of whom holds at least a CrossFit Level 1 trainer certification and listens to a soundtrack of workout grunts on a loop before bed.
The trainers introduce exercisers to CrossFit gradually. They start by teaching On Ramp fundamentals classes and then roll out the workout of the day, which typically includes a nonstop sequence of exercises such as sprints, lunges, and pull-ups. Aside from the daily workout, the trainers oversee a specialized CrossFit Football program, which was created with guidance from an actual professional football veteran.


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Reigning Sound's "My My" arrives just in time for summer, West Coast tour begins July 2
The July 15 release of Reigning Sound's Shattered is just around the corner, and the band has shared their latest track, "My My". Greg Cartwright said it best: "If this song was wrapped in a package and had a card attached, the card would read: 'Do not open until summer.'"
The Wall Street Journal premiered "My My" yesterday, calling it "a jangly, jubilant song about the time-honored tradition of going on a date." Pick up a copy of today's WSJ for an in-depth feature with Greg and the band, conducted at Daptone's Brooklyn studio where Shattered was recorded.
Shattered is available for pre-order on LP, CD, and digitally in the Merge store. Reigning Sound's west coast tour begins on Wednesday July 2 in San Diego, and as we shared last week, Greg has three solo performances at independent record stores. Catch the band near you!
Reigning Sound on tour:
Jul 02 San Diego, CA — Soda Bar
Jul 03 Los Angeles, CA — Bootleg Theater
Jul 05 Oakland, CA — Mosswood Park Amphitheater (Burger Boogaloo)
Jul 06 Seattle, WA — Neumos
Jul 08 Portland, OR — Dante's
Jul 11 Nashville, TN — Fond Object 7pm FREE *
Jul 12 Memphis, TN — Goner Records 5pm FREE *
Jul 15 Greenville, SC — Horizon Records 7pm FREE *
Jul 24 Carrboro, NC — Cat's Cradle (Merge 25)
Jul 25 Atlanta, GA — The Earl
Jul 26 Asheville, NC — The Mothlight
Aug 27 Philadelphia, PA — Black Box in Underground Arts
Aug 28 New York, NY — Bowery Ballroom
Aug 30 Asheville, NC — Harvest Records Transfigurations II
Aug 31 Columbus, OH — Ace of Cups
Sep 01 Chicago, IL — Empty Bottle
Sep 02 Bloomington, IN — The Bishop
Sep 04 Raleigh, NC — Hopscotch Festival
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University of Minnesota senior Jake Barnett celebrated the end of his shift of moving freshmen into their dorms with water over his head on August 26, 2013 in Minneapolis.
Minnesota once again became a chilly kingdom in 2013. Snow fell heavily into May, and the year ended with a cold and snowy December. Half the months were colder than normal (although "normal" is warmer than it used to be), and in April, the Twin Cities saw a record daily low temperature for the first time in nine years. Summer and fall brought warmth but not bliss, exactly, when windstorms took out thousands of trees across the state and a dry spell led to a late, drab fall. There was some good news: Only 15 tornadoes were documented in the state in 2013, the fewest in more than 20 years. And, according to the outlook, it'll be warm enough in 2014 for the Vikings to play outdoors.
New Year's Day brought the first of only nine subzero lows for the winter to the Twin Cities, 5 below. The high temperature of 2 below on Jan. 21 ended a 1,466-day streak with highs above zero, a record by 324 days, and perhaps an indication that things were about to change. The 0.49 inches of precipitation in the Twin Cities on Jan. 27 (worth only 3 inches of snow) was a record for the date.
The wait for snow in much of the state ended. Rothsay, in western Minnesota, got 21 inches Feb. 10-11. In the Twin Cities, 0.62 inches of precipitation Feb. 10 broke a 115-year-old local record for the date (with only 2 inches of snow), the second such daily record in two weeks. February became the first of four consecutive months with a below-normal average temperature in the Twin Cities.
Spring? Hah. A two-stage snowstorm dropped 11 inches March 4-5 at Millerville, near Alexandria, and 9 inches on much of the southern half of the state. A blizzard March 17-18 left 11 inches behind at Isabella. Crookston and Elbow Lake recorded morning lows of 8 below March 20, as spring allegedly began, while the Twin Cities saw 5 above, with 8 inches of snow still on the ground. It was the coldest March in the Twin Cities since 2002, just a year after the warmest March on record.
The Twins opened at Target Field April 1 under sunny skies and a temperature of 35 degrees. Pitcher Vance Worley celebrated the return of the summer game by going sleeveless, but winter wasn't gone for good. Ice and snow from a slow, four-day conglomeration of storms April 9-12 destroyed 20 percent of the public trees in Worthington. The snow racked up daily records around the state, the extreme being 25 inches at Isabella on April 19. The Twin Cities saw rain or snow for 10 consecutive days, April 5-14. Duluth had its snowiest April ever, with 50.8 inches. The 21-degree low on April 20 in the Twin Cities was the first record low temperature in nearly nine years. April in the Twin Cities was the 13th-coldest, fifth-wettest and third-snowiest. An unprecedented late thaw helped spare Fargo-Moorhead from a predicted major Red River flood, because the deep snow melted into soil instead of rushing across frozen land.
No, winter still wasn't over. Students across the region got a snow day mere weeks before summer vacation, compliments of a storm that dumped 15.4 inches at Dodge Center, a May 2 state record. Ultimately, March through May was the wettest meteorological spring on record for southeast Minnesota, as well as eighth-wettest and the third-coldest statewide. It was chilly, as well. Lake Minnetonka was finally declared ice-free May 2, the first May ice-out since 1965. Many lakes remained frozen or had some ice cover for the May 11 fishing opener. In the Twin Cities, rain or snow fell on 23 of 31 days. Heat made a brief but memorable introduction. May 14 brought a state record 103 to Winnebago and Sherburn and a local record 98 to the Twin Cities, where, despite an uncomfortable heat wave in late August, May 14 was the warmest day of the year.
Spring Grove and Wells in southern Minnesota reported more than 12 inches of rain for their wettest June ever. Two storms on the first day of summer damaged or destroyed 3,000 trees on public land in Minneapolis and knocked out power to more than 600,000 Xcel Energy customers. It was the most extensive outage on record for Xcel; some Twin Cities residents went without power for more than five days.
Predawn thunderstorms July 13 dropped 6 to 8 inches of rain across some parts of south-central Minnesota, causing flooding. The Twin Cities' 2.79 inches was a record for the date. An EF2 tornado in Mahnomen and Clearwater counties at about 2 a.m. July 22 was the strongest to hit the state during the year. The 64-degree high in the Twin Cities July 27 was the chilliest on record for the date; the low of 39 in Pipestone was the coldest temperature for the date in 102 years.
Hail up to 3 inches in diameter, heavy rain and high winds pounded communities statewide Aug. 6, breaking car windows, ripping down tree limbs and forcing National Night Out parties inside. Brimson, just north of Two Harbors, had a frosty low of 30 on Aug. 14. Minneapolis schools opened amid a heat wave at the end of the month; officials excused absences for students whose schools weren't air-conditioned. Early attendance at the State Fair (third-warmest on record) flagged, but a cool-down brought record crowds the final two days. Meteorological summer (June-August) ended 1.6 degrees above normal in the Twin Cities; the slightly below normal (85 percent) rainfall balanced the extremely wet spring.
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Your good health has an enemy: atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is common, and its effects can be very serious, causing strokes, heart attacks, and death. The good news is that you can take steps to protect yourself from this disease.
The inside walls of healthy arteries are smooth and clean, making it easy to transport the blood your body needs. But arteries can become clogged. Fatty substances, such as cholesterol, can stick to arteries. These deposits, called plaque, can eventually slow or block the flow of blood. This blockage is atherosclerosis, and it can affect any medium- to large-sized artery in your body. When atherosclerosis affects the arteries that supply blood to the heart, it is called coronary artery disease.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recommends that all adults older than 20 have their cholesterol level checked every five years. This is done with a blood test done after fasting for nine to 12 hours. The test should include total cholesterol, LDL ("bad") cholesterol, HDL ("good") cholesterol, and triglycerides. Talk with your doctor about your target cholesterol levels.
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Make changes to your diet. A diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol can raise your cholesterol levels. When you have high cholesterol, there may be more plaque to line artery walls and narrow your arteries. The American Heart Association recommends that you reduce the amount of meat, eggs, milk, and other dairy products in your diet. Check food labels to find the amount of saturated fat in a product. Also, avoid large amounts of salt and sugar. Be careful with processed foods, such as frozen dinners. They can be high in fat, sugar, salt and cholesterol. Choose lots of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, lean meats and fish, and whole grains, such as oats and whole wheat. Choose unsaturated vegetable oils, such as canola oil instead of saturated fats like butter.
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As Tsar Putin sneers on, the body of poor Nestor Lakoba and his brutally murdered family must be weeping in their graves. One can only presume that the children in Abkhazia must be still learning about their past from the ratty old cccp era history books.
Finally the domino effect of the recognition of Kosovo. I think Russia is doing the right thing. South Osetia and Abhkazia should become independent. Not just them but many others as well. We should treat everyone's self determination equally.
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It is about oil but it's also about democracy and Russian aggression. Those are not empty words. Living in Eastern Europe, I know what dictatorship and Russian oppression are. They are very real. We've tasted them for 50 years here and nobody "prayed", as you say, to be a part of this ordeal.
Unlike the New Cold War, even a hint of Putinisation of Georgian politics is a gross exaggeration. Self-victimisation is one of the prime tactics used by the immature opposition and advised to them by some of their friends from the north. In one way the author got into a Russian trap that aims to throw mud on democratic credentials in Georgia. I wish he had an oppostunity to have a look, for example, at any Georgian TV channel...
Yurgel 77% of Georgians voted in favor of joining nato. And Georgia was incorporated into Russia as a result of very real and bloody war in 1921 with the red army. Pity that Russian brainwashing has achieved such heights.
The key words are "...Georgia's role as an energy corridor linking Europe with Central Asia". USA are doing the same thing, which they're doing in Iraq: trying to make oil resources availble for their children. From this point of view it makes sence. But it has nothing with "democracy", "russian agression", etc. Russia never was an intruder in Georgia, long ago Georgians were praying with tears for entering Russian Empire for not to be slayed by Turkish.
Actually, so called "demoracy" coming from West in most cases is just an umbrella for strategical and geopolitical interests and has nothing common with "democracy" as a social institute.
Great approach! Russia is pressing hardly to punish Georgia for western-oriented politics, and to prevent it's membership in NATO. What to do? Let us don't allow Georgia to behave badly! At least this is much easier than support this small country against Russia's aggression.
2 repa:They need no books to learn Georgia's mistreating or to hear night shots from their side. Have you ever been there and talked to mere people (not government)?
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i haven't say, that somebody prayed to be a part of USSR, but Georgia was prayed to become a part of Russia. You're doing a huge mistake trying to decide what is the best for people from your own point of view. Who told you, that Saakashvilli relly reflects people demands? Your own TV? Or Economist.com?
words about russian agression i can't accept as an argument. In last couple of years in the skies of Gulf, South Africa, Baghdad there were strategical bombers killing the childrern, but there weren't TU-160 but B-52. You can call this "democracy" as long as you like, for me - it is not.
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